Me at the ASSA Meeting

I have a busy few days at the upcoming ASSA meeting in Boston.  For those interested, I will be involved in the following public events:

Jan 03, 2015 8:00 am, Sheraton Boston, Independence Ballroom
American Economic Association

A Discussion of Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century" (D3)

 

Presiding: N. Gregory Mankiw (Harvard University)

 

Capital and Wealth in the 21st Century

David N. Weil (Brown University)

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TBD

 

Capital Taxation in the 21st Century

Alan J. Auerbach (University of California-Berkeley)

Kevin Hassett (American Enterprise Institute)

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TBD

 

Yes, r>g. So what?

N. Gregory Mankiw (Harvard University)

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Piketty argues that r>g is the “the central contradiction of capitalism” and that it will lead to an “endless inegalitarian spiral.” As a result, he argues for a new global tax on capital. In this brief essay, I explain why I am not persuaded by either his prediction or his prescription.

 

About Capital in the 21st century

Thomas Piketty (Paris School of Economics)

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Jan 03, 2015 2:30 pm, Sheraton Boston, Independence Ballroom
American Economic Association

The Economics of Secular Stagnation (A1)

 

Presiding: Robert E. Hall (Stanford University)

 

Secular Stagnation: A Supply Side View

Robert Gordon (Northwestern University)

TBD

 

Secular Stagnation: A Demand Side View

Lawrence H. Summers (Harvard University)

TBD

 

Does History Lend Any Support to the Secular Stagnation Hypothesis?

Barry Eichengreen (University of California-Berkeley)

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TBD

 

Discussants:

Robert E. Hall (Stanford University)

William Nordhaus (Yale University)

N. Gregory Mankiw (Harvard University)